social media – Dorothy R. Santos

January 5, 2023

Mediating the Social: The Excesses of Racial Representation within (Trans)formative Digital Space published to Platform Journal

Abstract In this essay, I explore what Gray (2015) calls “the excesses of representation” that reproduce race and gender across proliferating digital platforms. I traverse the digital in tracking and tracing viral inequality, data surveillance, and moderation. Does the term “social media,” as a redundant term, accurately describe the processes of algorithmic amplification by which…

arts and technology, Culture Criticism, Observations

darius kazemi, digital culture, media, social media, xin xin
May 17, 2012

ZERO1 Artist Alum, Scott Kildall ~ Tweets in Space, Experimental Art and Live Performance

ZERO1 artist alum, Scott Kildall, is working on yet another amazing arts and technology project, Tweets in Space. The project has been covered by BBC, Forbes, Scientific American, CNET, Tech Trendy, Tech Mash and many other media organizations! Below, you will find a full description of ‘Tweets in Space’ and links to the Rocket Hub…

Art, Art and Technology, Conceptual, conceptual art, Culture Criticism, Interactive / Participatory Art, interactive art, Internet Art, Multi Media, Observations, Social Networking

arts and sciences, arts and technology, nathaniel stern, new media art, new media artists, scott kildall, social media, social networking, tweets in space, zero1, zero1 artist alum
February 1, 2012

Want to know what Communication Overload sounds like? Listen to this!

Matt Ganucheau does it again. Yet another awesome recommendation. This time, in the form of a musical short film that may be all too familiar to folks watching this now. Please feel free to leave a comment about how this resonates with you OR how it doesn’t. I’m curious and would love to hear what you…

Art and Technology, Conceptual, Culture Criticism, Multi Media, Observations, Video

arts and technology, chris crutchfield, communication overload, media saturation, Music, musical short film, social media, sound art
November 27, 2011

Face to Facebook ~ Do you know who’s looking at your profile?

What happens when you gather one million stolen Facebook profile photos, filter them through face-recognition software, put them on a dating website, and show the work internationally? You’ve got some thought-provoking art. If you haven’t seen or heard of this project, I suggest you check out the genius behind Face to Facebook created by Paolo Cirio…

Art, Art and Technology, Art History, Art Theory and Movements, Conceptual, Culture Criticism, Internet Art, Observations, Post Modernism, Social Networking, Theory

alessandro ludovico, arts and technology, conceptual, content curation, culture criticism, face to facebook, facebook, internet, new media artists, new media arts, paolo cirio, postaday2011, social media, social networking, virtual art
November 1, 2011

Is a Social Revolution possible with new social media platform, ‘Unthink’?

Being an art writer and blogger is tough. There’s so much to keep up with in the world since the popularization of social networking sites such as Friendster, MySpace, Tribe, and Facebook. THEN, you have online news sources like Digg and Reddit on top of reading through RSS feeds. OH, and did you know about online…

Art and Technology, Art Writing and Criticism, Creative Coding | Programming, critical theory, Culture Criticism, Observations, Social Networking

culture criticism, douglas bay, facebook, postaday2011, social media, social networking, unthink, WHOA Magazine

Tag: social media

Mediating the Social: The Excesses of Racial Representation within (Trans)formative Digital Space published to Platform Journal

ZERO1 Artist Alum, Scott Kildall ~ Tweets in Space, Experimental Art and Live Performance

Want to know what Communication Overload sounds like? Listen to this!

Face to Facebook ~ Do you know who’s looking at your profile?

Is a Social Revolution possible with new social media platform, ‘Unthink’?